1. IT Budgeting

2. IT Budget Planning to Spending
Normal Effort
Overtime effort
Planned spends
Unplanned spends
Budget Allocation
Should every team member care?

3. IT Budget Spending Behaviours
Fixed Rate & Performance Based
Time & Material Rate

4. IT Budget Spending Behaviours
Inside
Outside
Vendors
Contractors
Consultants
Organisation Culture ↓
Project Culture
Individual Culture
Board
CEO & Executives
Line Managers
Project Managers
Project Teams

5. What caused this situation?
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
20 – 30 cases
PROBLEM ANALYSIS
What caused this situation?
Late - max case took 3 hrs to respond
Screen wipe offs
26 Oct 1992
Swarm of 999 calls
<= 17 mins to respond
Frustrated ambulance crew failing to press right status button
A few days later:
Executive Summary:
Poor management
High technological complexities
Unfavourable operating environment in implementing the CAD system
London Ambulance Service CEO
Call delays
Increasing redials

6. Other review findings

7. Other review findings

8. Remember some of the concepts from Week 7?

9. Remember some of the concepts from Week 7?

10. Critical Success Factors
CSF of IT Testing?
Selection criteria
#1: Without CSF would lead to the case’s problems described
#2: Link to type of IT system failure implied in case analysis
#3 …… if any

11. How should you format your paper?
Assignment Structure
Executive Summary????
Intro ????
Body
Question 1 – list
Answers *
Question 3 – list …….
Conclusion – answer to Q4
How should you format your paper?
REPORT
Decision Criteria
How easy to mark – which question, which answer?
What is assessable?
What is value adding?
……………………………………
Meeting assessment criteria at least